diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 34c50016eda..a2409db828b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ jobs:
     # - name: Run node tests
     #   shell: bash
     #   run: |
-    #     ./lib/binding/osrm-extract.exe -p profiles/car.lua test/data/monaco.osm.pbf
+    #     ./lib/binding_napi_v8/osrm-extract.exe -p profiles/car.lua test/data/monaco.osm.pbf
 
     #     mkdir -p test/data/ch
     #     cp test/data/monaco.osrm* test/data/ch/
-    #     ./lib/binding/osrm-contract.exe test/data/ch/monaco.osrm
+    #     ./lib/binding_napi_v8/osrm-contract.exe test/data/ch/monaco.osrm
 
-    #     ./lib/binding/osrm-datastore.exe test/data/ch/monaco.osrm
+    #     ./lib/binding_napi_v8/osrm-datastore.exe test/data/ch/monaco.osrm
     #     node test/nodejs/index.js
     - name: Build Node package
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c8d84b8c554..9510b88f6ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -103,5 +103,5 @@ node_modules
 debug.lua
 
 # node-osrm artifacts
-lib/binding
+lib/binding_napi_v8
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0a710101da..07c6e97745d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Unreleased
   - Changes from 6.0.0
     - Build:
+      - FIXED: Update Node.js binding path from `lib/binding` to `lib/binding_napi_v8` to match node-pre-gyp versioning conventions [#7272](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/7272)
       - FIXED: Reduce MSVC compiler warnings by suppressing informational warnings while preserving bug-indicating warnings [#7253](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/issues/7253)
     - Misc:
       - CHANGED: Add std::format compatibility layer with fallback to fmt::format [#7261](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/7261)
diff --git a/docs/nodejs/api.md b/docs/nodejs/api.md
index d8c67eff7f5..0da19d063c2 100644
--- a/docs/nodejs/api.md
+++ b/docs/nodejs/api.md
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 The `OSRM` method is the main constructor for creating an OSRM instance.
 An OSRM instance requires a `.osrm.*` dataset(`.osrm.*` because it contains several files), which is prepared by the OSRM toolchain.
-You can create such a `.osrm.*` dataset by running the OSRM binaries we ship in `node_modules/osrm/lib/binding/` and default
+You can create such a `.osrm.*` dataset by running the OSRM binaries we ship in `node_modules/osrm/lib/binding_napi_v8/` and default
 profiles (e.g. for setting speeds and determining road types to route on) in `node_modules/osrm/profiles/`:
 
-    node_modules/osrm/lib/binding/osrm-extract data.osm.pbf -p node_modules/osrm/profiles/car.lua
-    node_modules/osrm/lib/binding/osrm-contract data.osrm
+    node_modules/osrm/lib/binding_napi_v8/osrm-extract data.osm.pbf -p node_modules/osrm/profiles/car.lua
+    node_modules/osrm/lib/binding_napi_v8/osrm-contract data.osrm
 
 Consult the [osrm-backend](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend) documentation for further details.
 
diff --git a/lib/binding/.gitkeep b/lib/binding/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/lib/binding_napi_v8 b/lib/binding_napi_v8
deleted file mode 120000
index 32bc84fb763..00000000000
--- a/lib/binding_napi_v8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-binding
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 62f106fd890..f4d0e8e5635 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
 // Load native OSRM binding and add version info from package.json
-const OSRM = require('./binding/node_osrm.node').OSRM;
+const OSRM = require('./binding_napi_v8/node_osrm.node').OSRM;
 const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '../package.json'), 'utf8'));
 
 OSRM.version = packageJson.version;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51893bc223e..8ae55a2b7bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "clean": "rm -rf test/cache",
     "docs": "./scripts/build_api_docs.sh",
     "install": "node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build=false || ./scripts/node_install.sh",
-    "nodejs-tests": "make -C test/data && ./lib/binding/osrm-datastore test/data/ch/monaco.osrm && node test/nodejs/index.js | faucet",
+    "nodejs-tests": "make -C test/data && ./lib/binding_napi_v8/osrm-datastore test/data/ch/monaco.osrm && node test/nodejs/index.js | faucet",
     "prepare": "husky"
   },
   "repository": {
diff --git a/scripts/ci/node_package.sh b/scripts/ci/node_package.sh
index 19f6bbf4a30..7b998816b46 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/node_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/node_package.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ echo "dumping binary meta..."
 # enforce that binary has proper ORIGIN flags so that
 # it can portably find libtbb.so in the same directory
 if [[ $(uname -s) == 'Linux' ]]; then
-    readelf -d ./lib/binding/node_osrm.node > readelf-output.txt
+    readelf -d ./lib/binding_napi_v8/node_osrm.node > readelf-output.txt
     if grep -q 'Flags: ORIGIN' readelf-output.txt; then
         echo "Found ORIGIN flag in readelf output"
         cat readelf-output.txt
diff --git a/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh b/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh
index b763b83d61e..00e28b649af 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/run_benchmarks.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function run_benchmarks_for_folder {
         for BENCH in nearest table trip route match; do
             echo "Running node $BENCH $ALGORITHM"
             START=$(date +%s.%N)
-            node $SCRIPTS_FOLDER/scripts/ci/bench.js $FOLDER/lib/binding/node_osrm.node $FOLDER/data.osrm $ALGORITHM $BENCH $GPS_TRACES > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/node_${BENCH}_${ALGORITHM}.bench" 5
+            node $SCRIPTS_FOLDER/scripts/ci/bench.js $FOLDER/lib/binding_napi_v8/node_osrm.node $FOLDER/data.osrm $ALGORITHM $BENCH $GPS_TRACES > "$RESULTS_FOLDER/node_${BENCH}_${ALGORITHM}.bench" 5
             END=$(date +%s.%N)
             DIFF=$(echo "$END - $START" | bc)
             echo "Took: ${DIFF}s"
diff --git a/src/nodejs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nodejs/CMakeLists.txt
index f153a0a8603..76f0a1b2aed 100644
--- a/src/nodejs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nodejs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ message(STATUS "Building node_osrm")
 set(NAPI_VERSION 8)
 add_definitions(-DNAPI_VERSION=${NAPI_VERSION})
 
-set(BINDING_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/binding")
+set(BINDING_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/binding_napi_v8")
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/node_modules/node-cmake")
 
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ target_link_libraries(node_osrm osrm)
 # node_osrm artifacts in ${BINDING_DIR} to depend targets on
 set(ARTIFACTS "")
 
+# Create the binding directory if it doesn't exist
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${BINDING_DIR})
+
 set(OSRM_BINARIES osrm-extract osrm-contract osrm-routed osrm-datastore osrm-components osrm-partition osrm-customize)
 foreach(binary ${OSRM_BINARIES})
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${BINDING_DIR}/${binary}
diff --git a/src/nodejs/node_osrm.cpp b/src/nodejs/node_osrm.cpp
index f8cd7e4756f..cb5ef2a6f19 100644
--- a/src/nodejs/node_osrm.cpp
+++ b/src/nodejs/node_osrm.cpp
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ Napi::Object Engine::Init(Napi::Env env, Napi::Object exports)
 /**
  * The `OSRM` method is the main constructor for creating an OSRM instance.
  * An OSRM instance requires a `.osrm.*` dataset(`.osrm.*` because it contains several files), which is prepared by the OSRM toolchain.
- * You can create such a `.osrm.*` dataset by running the OSRM binaries we ship in `node_modules/osrm/lib/binding/` and default
+ * You can create such a `.osrm.*` dataset by running the OSRM binaries we ship in `node_modules/osrm/lib/binding_napi_v8/` and default
  * profiles (e.g. for setting speeds and determining road types to route on) in `node_modules/osrm/profiles/`:
  *
- *     node_modules/osrm/lib/binding/osrm-extract data.osm.pbf -p node_modules/osrm/profiles/car.lua
- *     node_modules/osrm/lib/binding/osrm-contract data.osrm
+ *     node_modules/osrm/lib/binding_napi_v8/osrm-extract data.osm.pbf -p node_modules/osrm/profiles/car.lua
+ *     node_modules/osrm/lib/binding_napi_v8/osrm-contract data.osrm
  *
  * Consult the [osrm-backend](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend) documentation for further details.
  *